Papers by Snigdha Mukherjee
FAIMER Global Faculty Development: A Sustainable Partnership Model to Advance Health Professions Education
Academic Medicine
The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), a member... more The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), a member of Intealth, offers longitudinal faculty development programs (LFDPs) in health professions education (HPE) and leadership through its International FAIMER Institute (IFI) in the United States and FAIMER Regional Institutes (FRIs) globally. FAIMER fosters mutual collaboration and delineates shared responsibilities for FRI development in partnership with local institutions, using an adapted hub-and-spoke organizational design. This paper describes FAIMER’s model, its sustainability, and its impacts at individual, institutional, and national levels. IFI was launched in 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a 2-year part-time hybrid LFDP; with the COVID-19 pandemic onset, IFI transitioned to a fully online program. Since FAIMER’s launch, 11 FRIs developed in Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, and South Africa, each modeled on the IFI curriculum and adapted to local context. Th...
Frontiers in Education
BackgroundGiven the significant gap in International Electives (IEs) opportunities for African he... more BackgroundGiven the significant gap in International Electives (IEs) opportunities for African health professions students, ECFMG|FAIMER through its Global Educational Exchange in Medicine and other health professions (GEMx) program launched a pilot African regional elective exchange program in 2016. During IEs, students have a choice of discipline they would like to learn, and the location, often at a host institution in a different country. This study provides an overview of health professional students’ experiences through participation in the pilot GEMx regional elective exchange program in Africa.MethodsThis was a quasi-experimental, single-group post-test-only study using the survey method. Data were collected online using a self-administered survey through SurveyMonkey. Students (N = 107) received emails with a link to the survey as they completed the electives. The survey was open for a month for each student and weekly reminders were sent.ResultsThe survey obtained a 100% r...
MedEdPublish
Background: Given the significant gap in International Medical Elective (IME) opportunities for A... more Background: Given the significant gap in International Medical Elective (IME) opportunities for African health professions students, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (ECFMG|FAIMER) launched an African regional elective exchange program through the Global Educational Exchange in Medicine and the Health Professions (GEMx) in 2016. This paper provides an overview of the development of the GEMx program, the pillars of successful implementation, and lessons learned. Methods: The authors conducted a longitudinal qualitative study utilizing in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document review. Common categories were identified and incorporated into a matrix to create themes. Data were analysed using the manifest content approach guided by a literature review. Results: The key pillars for the successful implementation of the GEMx Africa regional elective exchange program i...
Txt4Health: Assessing the Health Belief Model
AIDS and Behavior, 2019
Durable viral suppression (DVS) is needed to reduce HIV transmission risk and prevent new HIV inf... more Durable viral suppression (DVS) is needed to reduce HIV transmission risk and prevent new HIV infections. We examined changes in viral suppression and correlates of DVS among 97 criminal justice-involved (CJI) Black men living with HIV in Louisiana enrolled in a linkage, reengagement, and retention in care intervention. Most participants (75%) were Black men who have sex with men. Forty-four percent (44%) were virally suppressed at baseline and only 20% had achieved DVS over a 12-month period. Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that compared with DVS participants, those with no viral suppression (NVS) and some viral suppression (SVS) were more likely to have lived with HIV for a longer period of time and were less likely to be adherent at baseline. Medication adherence was critical for DVS among this sample of CJI Black men living with HIV who represent a high priority population for HIV care and treatment interventions.
MedEdPublish, 2019
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Program theories have not been ... more This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Program theories have not been extensively used in evaluating faculty development programs in medical education. Ample evidence shows that a well-formulated program theory plays a pivotal role in program implementation and evaluation. Program theory links activities and expected outcomes using a logical process showing how they lead to long-term goals. It also develops appropriate metrics or indicators for assessing if those outcomes and activities really occurred. In this study, FAIMER's theory of change was adopted as a framework for evaluation. Survey data from FAIMER Fellows was used to assess the effectiveness of FAIMER's faculty development program in meeting the goal of improving health professions education. We used structural equation modeling to examine the association among outcomes mapped out in our theory of change and their association with improving field of health professions education. The stu...
The Influence of a Diagnosed Mental Impairment on Family Caregiver Strain
Journal of Gerontology, 1994
This study examines whether a diagnosis of mental impairment of a care recipient influences the s... more This study examines whether a diagnosis of mental impairment of a care recipient influences the strain of family caregiving. Two competing hypotheses, derived from labeling theory, provide alternative views. One posits that a diagnosis reduces strain by linking problematic characteristics of care recipients' impairment to an illness. The competing hypothesis suggests that a diagnosis increases strain by reifying the existence of a progressive chronic condition. LISREL analysis with data from a sample of 576 primary caregivers shows that the diagnosis has an important effect, but this influence varies for different types of strain. Relationship strain and restrictions in social activities are increased for caregivers of diagnosed care recipients. Functional impairment also causes a greater restriction of social activities when a diagnosis has been made. A different pattern emerges for depression, with caregivers in the diagnosed group being less depressed and less negatively affected by care recipients' impaired ability for social interaction, but more depressed by disruptive behavior and functional impairment.
Substance use & misuse, Aug 27, 2017
The relationship between mental health status and smoking is complicated and often confounded by ... more The relationship between mental health status and smoking is complicated and often confounded by bi-directionality, yet most research on this relationship assumes exogeneity. The goal of this article is to implement an instrumental variable approach to (1) test the exogeneity assumption and (2) report on the association between mental health status and smoking post-disaster. This analysis utilizes the 2006 and 2007 Louisiana Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey to examine the link between mental distress and smoking in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Residence in a hurricane-affected parish (county) was used as an instrumental variable for mental distress. Just over 22% of the sample resided in a hurricane-affected parish. Residents of hurricane-affected parishes were significantly more likely to report occasional and frequent mental distress. Residence in a hurricane-affected parish was not significantly associated with smoking status. With residence establishe... 
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